I am a second degree black belt in Pyung-Ahn Tae Kwon Do and I'm going for my black belt in Chang Hon Tae Kwon Do, and I am about to start Ju-Jitsu. Anyone else?
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Dub V
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I used to take Aikido like 3 years ago.
My little brother takes pansyarse american karate, he's a black belt. And I can still kick his arse any day of the week. What they dont tell you in the karate course is that you have to have muscle for the moves to be remotely effective
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I train in Muy Thai kickboxing, and Brazilian Gracie Jiu Jitsu at the moment and am fluent in both. I also knife fight. Ive dabbled in different types of kung foo and Karate in the past.
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Originally posted by personman
I really hope you are being sarcastic. I am not that strong, but after doing it for so many years I can tell you I do pack a nasty and powerful punch. Its not about strength, its about speed and technique. Bruce Lee wasnt a very big dude, but he was so powerful. I am 6'1 150 and I can easily punch through 3 or 4 boards.
I have been in a few fights since I recieved my black belt, one of them was me fighting a 250 pound dude, and it took 2 hits for him to quit, me punching him and him hitting the ground.
I have been in about 5 or 6 fights, and I have only lost 1 of them. Everytime i fought everyone thought i was gonna get my *** handed to me, it was the other way around. Speed, technique, and confidence.
Wicked, Did you enjoy Gracie Ju Jitsu? I really want to take that but its not taught around where I live now. Capoiera would be fun to learn, another Brazilian style.
O yea, I never start fights, I finish them. Thats the very first thing I learned in Tae Kwon Do, finish it, dont start it.Dub V
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I wasnt being sarcastic.. and I wasnt really taking a stab at martial arts, I was more talking about my little brother who has 90% body fat
He can pull all the hong kong fuey crap he wants on me but I can still punch him in the face
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yea its awesome if you like ground fighting and grappling. it feel completely opposite of stand up fighting...well because it is. The workouts are much harder too. You will be in the best shape of your life and learn so much. When you go in you'll probably feel like a white belt again for the first couple months. Thats how I was at first I thought I could do it all because I was stronger than most people but it really is all about technique. It will make you a more rounded fighter in long long run too. Everyone needs to know something in ground fighting in my opinion. Most street fights will end up on the ground eventually.Originally posted by Automaggin2
and about the strength thing....technique is awesome but your power is increased a lot by strength. Especially in Thai boxing you want to be able to have tons of power. I mean look at all UFC guys. They arent huge monsters for the most part, just average height guys with lots of ripped muscle and flexibility. Flexibility also plays a huge role in your power.
So you dont want to be weak, but you dont have to bench 405 either, power is a combination of things....Comment
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I want to learn Ju-Jitsu because I hate it when kids try to fight but the only thing they can do is tackle and wrestle.
Strength is a factor, yes, but technique is more of a factor. I have been lifting along with my Tae Kwon Do, but I'm so out of shape that I get sore from just kicking. I have to start at white belt again but my Master said since I already have a black belt I will move up very quickly. Right now I'm about 6% body fat, I want to keep that and get big. I am extremly ripped but not very strong.Dub V
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yea thats why I started training to ground fight too. Ive been kickboxing my whole life and street fighting ever since I can remember. Back in the day when ide fight guys nobody would stand up fight with me because they knew they would get knocked out, so they would shoot my legs everytime. I still knew how to fight on the ground but not as well. Once I started training Jiu Jitsu maybe ehh....4 1/2-5 years ago I realized how much I, and most people I was fighting with, and most people that I kickbox with, really sucked at grappling. You have no idea how much you learn if your dedicated. People who dont train to ground fight are on sucha lower level in a street fight, except they dont even know it untill they fight an experienced ground fighter (really generic, as there are many styles of ground fighting). To this day I laugh everytime I see some punk gangbanger try to shoot the legs of me or one of my buddies who's as fluent in jiu jitsu as me. Its almost not even a fair fight. Add that with boxing and well...you get the idea. You'll be such a more rounded fighter if you do this dude trust me it just takes time and effort like everything else.Comment
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Jiu-Jitsu is good... if you're good at it. If not, you look like a humpback whale trying to climb onto a piece of driftwood. Pay attention to your teacher, and be prepared to get your butt kicked the first day you go in. Don't take it badly; I went into Jiu-Jitsu with a strong background in kenpo and still get beat up, five years later. I find Jiu-Jitsu to be more effective than kenpo. Ask specialblend, I always beat him up.Comment
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yea thats the worst, theres ALWAYS someone better than you to beat up on you no matter how good you think you are. Its humbling but will make you a better fighter in the long run.Originally posted by tropical_fishyComment
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grrrrOriginally posted by tropical_fishy
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Originally posted by WicKeD_WaYz
I wouldn't say it's bad, actually. If you're constantly getting beat up, it's good for you, you're learning something. Granted, I don't really have to deal with the whole male-pride thing (although sometimes they refuse to tap out for a girl and then they get hurt).
I've found that Gracie jiu-jitsu has taught me SO MUCH that I can't even begin to catalogue it. My teacher's teacher is coming up from Brazil next month, so that'll be fun... if you wanna know what we learned i will let you know.Comment
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yea ground fighting is definatly my weakness. But, say I do start training in ju-jitsu, what happens if I get into a ground fight with like a 300 pound guy, he can just sit on me and pund my face in.
I can't wait to go to Tae Kwon Do this week. My suitemate and I were getting stared down hardcore by this black belt (who sucks) because we were kicking some white belt ***. Little does he know that we are both highly trained, and I am gonna have a field day with him.
My suitemate is a 2nd degree black belt in Jhoon Rhee TKD and placed 3rd nationally in forms and weapons (or sparring) I dont remember.Dub V
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mmm he won't pound your face in, it's not allowed in jiu-jitsu. He'll break your arm or choke you or some such nonsense. And that's the point of being there. to learn to a) avoid getting sat on by someone bigger than you and b) how to remove them if they're there.
now if you're in an ACTUAL fight, I can;t help you there. I do know that if you get in an actual streetfight you'll probably end up on the ground, so it's better to be trained on the ground than to put all your eggs in one basket, yes?Comment
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